• The Comical Chaos of OKRs in the Office

    The Comical Chaos of OKRs in the Office

    The OKR That Never Was (A Satire) It was a typical Monday morning in the office. The air was filled with the sound of keyboards clacking and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. But then, Jasmine from HR barged into our daily standup meeting like she had just seen the…

  • Transforming Developer Platforms with AI

    Transforming Developer Platforms with AI

    AI is rapidly transforming developer platforms from static utilities into intelligent systems. Internal developer platforms, such as GitLab, Jira, Jenkins, Nexus, Backstage, Vault, Grafana and Confluence have always operated behind the scenes. Considered plumbing, these tools are viewed as necessary, but often unsexy. AI is about to change that, with…

  • Japan Built an Internet So Fast, It Could Download Netflix in a Second

    Japan Built an Internet So Fast, It Could Download Netflix in a Second

    Imagine this. You sit down for a movie. You click Download. And before you can blink, the entire Netflix library is already on your device. Every show. Every film. Every documentary. Done. In a second. Sounds impossible, right? Like some kind of sci-fi fantasy. Well, in a quiet corner of…

  • The Power of Storytelling in Product Management

    The Power of Storytelling in Product Management

    Storytelling > Specs Product management is hard. You’re pulled in all directions by the needs and priorities of users, engineers, designers, stakeholders, and more. You find yourself having to justify the ‘why’ of your roadmap, the ‘how’ of your strategy, and the ‘what’ of every release. If you’re a product…

  • Conquering Your Fear of Flying: Tips for Aviophobia

    Conquering Your Fear of Flying: Tips for Aviophobia

    My Inner Battle With Aviophobia Everything you want is on the other side of fear.— Jack Canfield 02-September-2024 (Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi) Virgin Atlantic Airways VS- 303 | DEL-LHR | Departure time: 03:30, Arrival time: 08:55 on 03 Sep I checked my email notifications one last time, and my heart…

  • The Secrets of the Arctic World Archive (AWA)

    The Secrets of the Arctic World Archive (AWA)

    Preserving knowledge for future generations Envision a secure location deep within a mountain on an isolated island in the Arctic Circle, protected so that it can preserve the world’s most valuable knowledge for centuries, regardless of worldwide catastrophes. No, I am not describing a scene from a Hollywood action flick.…

  • Who Owns JIRA-1138? (Definitely Not Me)

    Who Owns JIRA-1138? (Definitely Not Me)

    Product Management Circus: A Backlog Refinement Satire A Sprint Refinement Satire Sprint: 134 Team: “Agile Avengers” Meeting: Sprint Refinement (a.k.a. “Let’s Pretend We’ll Do This”) Time: 2:00 PM (or whenever the last person remembers to join Zoom) Cast of Characters Scrum Master (Rita): Keeper of the Timebox. Product Owner (Dan):…

  • The Fall of Manchester United: A Fan’s Perspective

    The Fall of Manchester United: A Fan’s Perspective

    Manchester United’s fall from glory explained by a fan still recovering from the treble hangover of 1999 I remember 1999 like it was yesterday: Solskjær sliding, Beckham curling, Schmeichel yelling, and trophies multiplying like a Ronaldo stepover. I was in my twenties and became a Manchester United fan that year,…

  • InnerSourcing (Part 2): Key Players in an Organisation

    InnerSourcing (Part 2): Key Players in an Organisation

    Explore Contributors, Trusted Committers, and Core Maintainers In this three-part series, In continuation of my last article on InnerSource (busting the myths), I am presenting a new article that talks about: So, let’s start. 1. Contributors These are the developers from various business units who use the developer tooling platform and contribute…